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{{+1}}Shrek – original{{-1}}
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This fly was out of left field as far as I am concerned and when first introduced to it had no great expectation of it finding its way into my fly box. I was wrong. The bright tinsel body certainly stands out and rather than spooking fish as I expected it seems to trigger a response from trout particularly in “smelt” water or slightly discolored or tannin water.{{end}}
Last Updated: March 6, 2011
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{{+1}}Czech nymphs{{-1}}
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The uncased caddis have quite a few similarities. They often adopt a curved fetal position and when they are free swimming they are more elongated still with a curved back but with a lifted head. The have short tail like filaments, have bodies of around seven or eight segments that may have abdominal gills at each segment, have darker heads with two or three segments and have 3 or more sets of legs below the head or toward the front of the grub.{{end}}
{{+1}}Candy – salt water{{-1}}
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Whilst the fly can be tied using materials such as polar fiber or craft fur or un-crinkled nylon materials such as 'Fishhair' I think that candies work better when tied with crinkly nylon fiber material such as 'Superhair' or 'Supreme hair'. Also, both these materials take on a translucency when wet and I think this is one of the triggers to the fly's success.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, My estuary & coastal waters fly box
Tags: #fishonfly, Estuary flies, Tarpon, Traditional flies 
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{{+1}}Articulated popper head – #8 weight estuary & native species{{-1}}
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As a teaser a popper will often excite pelagics such as trevally and queenies and give you the chance to present a more conventional fly. These articulated poppers are as simple as it gets. Thread your tippet through the hole in the simple closed cell popper head and tie on any unweighted deceiver or thing or a dedicated popper tail and your in business.{{end}}
{{+1}}Crease minnow{{-1}}
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A great fly to use when target fish are actively feeding on small fish such as sardines, whitebait and pilchards. You can either fish it on a floating line and strip it across the surface with dramatic effect or fish the fly on a sinking line, count the fly down and then retrieve it up through the water column using a fast stripping action or roly poly retrieve.{{end}}
{{+1}}Kalkite special{{-1}}
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This fly has stood the test of time and has been on this web site since 2005. Over the last 10 or so years it has been my 'go to' fly when fishing to sighted fish or prospecting the shores of Lake Jindabyne particularly around our home village of Kalkite.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Nymphs, Streamers & pulling fliesTags: #fishonfly, Streamers No Comments »
{{+1}}Chatto’s yellow winged hopper{{-1}}
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As the name implies this hopper is my representation of the natural of the same name. Its tied in the same way as a stimulator except that a yellow under wing and feather slip wings replace the deer hair wing of the stimulator. It's a good hopper pattern to tie on because it floats in the surface film much the same way as the unfortunate natural does and it is reasonably visible.{{end}}
Categories: Dry flies, Flies, Hoppers, locust & crickets, My "trout" dry fly boxTags: #fishonfly, Hoppers etc No Comments »
{{+1}}TBH dark magic – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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Hybrid spider nymphs are good buggy looking flies and the tail and soft hackle provide plenty of movement. One of these hybrid spider nymphs on the top dropper and two unweighted spiders or nymphs below can be a real tease for trout.{{end}}
{{+1}}Snail – Chatto’s version{{-1}}
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Snails are a food source for trout throughout the year. Having said that they are often overlooked by fly fishers. In colours imitating the naturals in the area to be fished they can be slowly twitched along the bottom or around the weed beds with great results. They are also a good ambush fly for trout foraging the margins. My standard choice of colours is a mottled brown and dark olive.{{end}}
{{+1}}Dark magic – Chatto original{{-1}}
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As long as there is a flow in a river to work a fly then English Spiders are an option. Particularly if you want to target educated fish in clear slower water. They land softly and are suggestive little flies. The combination of the buggy shape, the movement of the soft hackle often produce a hit.{{end}}